Optics &

Photonics

Innovations in optics and photonics underpin advancements in high-tech manufacturing, faster communications, medical diagnostics, high-power lasers, nuclear threat identification, solar power and other technologies essential to the health and safety of people worldwide and offers the potential for a scalable quantum computer. Many of today’s ‘must-have’ technologies such as smart phones, high definition TVs, LED lighting and digital cameras are enabled by optics and photonics.

Our patent attorneys have a wealth of experience in the fields of optics, photonics and laser science, with many holding masters and PhD qualifications in this technology space. In addition they have a vast amount of relevant IP expertise at all stages of the patent lifecycle including patent drafting, prosecution, infringement and validity opinions, freedom to operate work, and oppositions. Their patent work covers a range of specific technologies including everything from optoelectronics to medical imaging, laser development and quantum structures to LiDAR equipment and imaging techniques.

Our patent experts really understand the physics behind these inventions and relish the opportunity to work with you to patent this technology.

EPO Opposition Trends in Engineering, Electronics and Software-compressed

Special Report

EPO Opposition Trends in Engineering, Electronics and Software

In autumn 2020, we analysed more than 8000 opposition cases filed at the European Patent Office (EPO) over the last 12 years, studying the timelines for hundreds of engineering, electronics and software oppositions.

The research enabled us to see how oppositions have been affected by procedural changes at the European Patent Office and by the Covid-19 pandemic. With a focus on Transport, Medical Devices, Telecommunications and Software, the report also looks at how opposition outcomes vary across the four different technology sectors and which players are the most active.

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Show me the money (and the explanation): eXplainable AI in finance

Show me the money (and the explanation): eXplainable AI in finance

by Alessio Incitti

The AI assurance market in the UK is experiencing rapid growth, with an estimated 524 firms generating £1.01 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) according to market research published in the UK ...

Tokamak Energy: ‘We’ll have fusion energy by 2034’

Tokamak Energy: ‘We’ll have fusion energy by 2034’

by Alex Savin

A fusion energy pilot plant will be up and running in ten years, says Tokamak Energy chairman Chris Martin. A commercial 500MW reactor will follow shortly. We are on the brink of the fusion age.

UPC Weekly - The 9 second rule at the UPC

UPC Weekly - The 9 second rule at the UPC

by Matthew Naylor

2024 Week 50 Does it matter who gets to the doors of the UPC first? Does it matter if you get there too early? The UPC Central Division Milan has been exploring these basic questions in Pfizer v ...

Quantum Navigation: Revolutionising Maritime and Autonomous Vessel Technology

Quantum Navigation: Revolutionising Maritime and Autonomous Vessel Technology

by Joshua Tall

For thousands of years people have looked to the sky to navigate their way around the Earth. In the middle of the ocean, with no land in sight, explorers, traders and invaders had only the stars and ...

UPC Weekly - Very appealing – preliminary injunction overturned

UPC Weekly - Very appealing – preliminary injunction overturned

by Matthew Naylor

2024 Week 49 SharkNinja have managed to persuade the UPC Court of Appeal to overturn a preliminary injunction awarded to Dyson. We investigate what made the difference in the appeal and consider what ...

Protecting Copyright Holders In The Age Of AI

Protecting Copyright Holders In The Age Of AI

by James Leach

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), the training data that fuels AI models is of paramount importance. However, there are questions as to whether existing copyright law ...

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Mewburn Ellis

FORWARD MAGAZINE

Mewburn Ellis Forward is a biannual publication that celebrates the best of innovation and exploration. Through its pages we hope to inform and entertain, but also to encourage discussion about the most compelling developments taking place in the scientific and entrepreneurial world. Along the way, we’ll engage with the IP challenges that international organisations face every day.